Safety window guard



Jan. 25, 1949. KOPF 2,459,884

SAFETY WINDOW GUARD Filed April 19, 1948 xeu INVENTOR. HAROL 0 AQPF ATTOR/VEX Patented Jan. 25, 1949 Es PAT-VENT? o'FFicE'q SAFETY WINDOW GUARD Harold Kopf, New'York, N. Y. I Application April 19, 1948, Serial No. 21,940

- 1Claim.

This invention relates towindow guards,'and particularly to a guard for a window having a plurality of horizontal bars spaced. apart and extending from one side of the window to the other. The mainobject of my invention is to provide awindowguard of the character indicated which maybe' fitted into any window however wide or narrow, due to the adjustable nature of the guard.

Another object is to have a guard of this type which may be made in the form of a frame or may merely include the several guard bars directly secured to the sides of the window.

A further object is to have such a window guard which is rigid and strong and therefore safe when once put into position.

It is also an object to have such a window guard which is simple to make of available materials so that it will be reasonable in cost and therefore available to the public generally.

An ancillary object is to provide such a guard which may readily be adjusted by the buyer and installed without elaborate tools or mechanical training.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in further detail as the specification proceeds.

In order to bring out comprehensively the features of the invention, the latter is illustrated on the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which Figure l is an elevation of a window frame as seen from the outside and equipped with the guard embodying the invention in a practical form;

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of details of a bar;

Figure 5 is a horizontal section similar to Figure 3 but illustrating a modification of the guard of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a further modification of the guard of Figure 5;

Figure 7 shows a still further modification of the guard.

Throughout the views, the same reference numerals indicate the same or like parts.

It is a matter of common knowledge that windows are sources of danger to small children, and especially high windows in the upper stories of houses and buildings serving as dwellings. It has, of course been attempted at various times to provide such windows with screens of coarse and heavy nettin or wire, or with fences or even gratings, etc., but these have all had disadvantages, especially the main disadvantage that they were only of a. given size and not adjustable to serve different Widths of windows, On the other hand, such makeshifts have also been rather flimsy and unsafe for the greater part and have failed of general adoption.

After duly considering this problem, I have found it quite feasible to produce a rugged and dependable window guard which is strong and safe when once applied properly to a window, as will now be set forth in detail.

Hence, in the practice of my invention, and referring again to the drawings, a window frame, generally indicated at 8 includes the two side frame portions 9 and I0 and the sill l I, each side frame portion having an outer window channel as at l2, l3, and inner channels [4, I5 occupied by a slidably mounted sash IS, the outer sash not being shown, inasmuch as only the lower half of the window frame is illustrated. In the outer channels l2, I3 are mounted a pair of angle iron members I! and l8, each having horizontally and inwardly projecting dowels I9, 20 spaced apart in vertical series. Upon each dowel I9 is mounted the end of a pipe or tube '2I into which a rod 22 extends, the other ends of rods 22 being bored to fit upon dowels 20, while upon a screw threaded portion 23 of each rod is located a nut 24 which is screwed up against the end of pipe 2|, and thus the outer end of each pipe and of each rod bears against the associated upright angle member I! or IE, as the case may be and thereby retains these angle members in place in their respective channels l2 and I3. It is evident that when these pipes and rods are tightened by means of the nuts, they with the angle iron members will be held quite firmly in place and will therefore safely form a guard for the lower part of the window. Unscrewing the nuts makes it possible to release the guard including the pipes, rods and angle members for washing the window or hanging out clothes, etc.

In Figure 5, the angle iron members are omitted and the pipes and rods 25 and 26 having nuts 21 screwed up on threads 28 on the rods form a type of guard in which the ends 29, 30 of these pipes and rods are pointed and forced into the wood of the window frame sides In and II by tightening the nuts.

In Figure 6, the two rods 3|, 32 have right and left hand threads 33, 34 on their inner ends upon which is screwed an internally threaded sleeve 35, while the outer ends 36, 31 of the rods are pointed and extend into the wood of sides 9 and H! of the window frame 8 to hold the rod assemblages in place, each pair of rods with its sleeve being put into position by itself.

In Figure 7, outer guide members 38, 39 are secured in the outer channels with central spring guides 40, 4| for a pair of springs 42, 43 connected to the outer ends of a pair of rods 44, 45 which are hinged together at 46 and havea slidably mounted sleeve 41 located upon the hifi'ged iii-1 termediate portion of the guard bar thus formed to keep it from bending at 46 until the sleeve is slipped ofi the hinge portion to allow such bend ing for removal of the rods when the window is be cleaned. J

Manifestly, other variations may be resorted to and parts and features may be further modified insertion inthe window channels opposed re:

lationship; a plurality of spaced horizontal dowels disposed vertically along the angle irons and ex tending inwardly in opposed relationship when the angle irons are inserted in the channels, tubes having outer ends removably disposed over the dowels on one side of the window frame, coacting rods having outer ends removably disposed over the dowels on the opposite side of the frame, the inner end of each rod being threaded and partly located within the inner end of the corresponding tube on the opposite side of the window, and a separate nut mounted iipon the threaded end or ea-on lea outsi e of #131518 bfe and dddpted to be pressed in'd tightened the inner end of the tube.

HAROLD KOPF.

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